still hopeful, we're still hopeful.' >> reporter:hope and prayers for missing pilot dale smith and his family here at the san jose software company serial tek, founded by smith and his business partner rand kreich who says smith is an extremely competent pilot. >> reporter:kreich is encouraged by improving weather in the search area, as seen in this web cam from the johnson creek airstrip where smith was trying to land, and by a faint transponder signal detected a mile south near yellow pine, utah. >> i hope that is good news. >> reporter:smith's south san jose neighbors are also weighing in with hope and prayers of their own. smith's partner says he was accompanied on the flight by two of his children and their significant others.

>> reporter: >> his father is located up there so the whole family was up there. taking his son back to montana. and his wife which is that his wife and daughter amber. and fiance. >> reporter:kreich says smith is an avid camper and knows the utahwell and that if anyone could land a plane there, it's dale smith. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news >> pam: and developing tonight. >> pam: pleasanton police are searching for a 13-year- old girl. police say, ana elizarraras was last seen on sunday, in a newer, dark brown 4-door coupe. with three unidentified males in area of vineyard avenue in pleasanton. the girl left on her own, and has not returned home

since early sunday morning. >> pam: she is considered to be at-risk because of her age. the 13-year-old is described as hispanic. five- feet- five inches tall. and weighing 130- pounds. >> pam: she was last seen wearing black yoga pants or leggings. and a blue/ green sweatshirt with the word "diamond" written across the front. >> pam: the battle over the bart contract with its unions is intensifying. the bart unions say, the bart district board of directors has broken the law. and now the unions will hold their feet to the fire by taking them to court. kron 4's dan kerman has more on this latest chapter in the contract dispute. >> reporter:attorneys for barts? two largest unions have filed suit in alameda county superior court against bart and its board of directors for refusing to approve and implement a tentative contract agreement reached between unions and management back in october.

unions say bart?s decision to remove a paid family medical leave provision before approving the contract is a violation of state law. >> reporter:bart maintains the family leave provision is too costly, should not have been in the contract in the first place and was a mistake. unions say that will not hold up in court as a justifiable cause. unions also addressed the possibility of going back on strike. >> one side the union employer has second thoughts or remorse to say where we did not agree on something as a way of getting out. as a result of required those employer signed the contract that they agreed to. >> we have not planned or

scheduled a strike at that time. we are not ruling out any option but we have not planned or scheduled a strike at this time. >> reporter:for its part, the bart district maintains. it negotiated in good faith and there was nothing wrong with pulling the family leave provision before okaying the contract. bart says, all the lawsuit will do. is delay a resolution to this dispute. >> it was just a mistake and should have never been in colluded of your to quickly try to come to a resolution so that riders will not worry.

>> pam: temperatures are expected to dip to near freezing throughout the bay area. and even below freezing in others areas this week kron4's chief meteorologist jacqueline bennett >> pam: is in the weather center. jacqueline -- just how cold is it going to get? >> jacqueline: right now temperatures are on the tilly side definitely noticed the chill in the area i am guessing. with gusty winds and temperatures of low 40's and upper middle fifties. as we move into the 2:00 hour 33 degree running temperatures and the bay area. at 7:00 in the morning we are talking about twenties and thirties bay area wide. we will talk more about the freezing morning and i will tell you how long the frigid weather will

last. >> pam: earlier today in santa rosa, local government officials voted to consider building a park. in honor of teen andy lopez. who was killed by a sheriff's deputy. >> pam: they also considered putting together a task force on police community relations. but as kron four's terisa estacio reports, the task force is already facing some criticism. and it hasn't even had its first meeting. >> reporter: it would also need to discuss ways to improve community relations. the shooting has created a lot of animosity. this task force will be made of 21 people appointed by supervisors, the d.a.'s office and sheriff's department. review of policies and cameras to record action spirit

including toy guns. lopez was carrying a toy gun when he was shot multiple times. uc right here in this picture although some residents are in favor of the task force some believe that it does not get to the heart of the matter. >> i believe that they will get caught up in meetings and not invite people that will discuss the core issues. that is my worry. >> reporter: your very along the way happened in your community. >> oh yes, i think that it was morally and ethically remorse reprehensible character also think that it affleck ethically wrong. >> pam: coming up at 515 a

dump truck crashes into a building. the engineer that was driving the commuter train that real. truck underwater for three days how he survived next. >> pam: tonight is the seventh annual tree lighting at 555 california street in san francisco. the freak event is hosted by the free event is hosted by vornado trust >> pam: the event benefits >> pam: the event benefits ti love watching tv center outside.

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>> catherine: what was already an incredible story of survival has become even more interesting. >> catherine: this man was trapped for nearly 3 days underwaterit happened in may -- but now a video has surfaced showing his rescue. >> catherine: the man had managed to survive because there was an air pocket. but a rescue diver had assumed anyone on board was dead. >> catherine: so listen to his reaction - and the supervisor on thethey first spotted a hand

>> you found on onee? he's alive! he's alive! >> catherine: they say 29- year-old harrison okene was amazingly calm under the circumstances. >> catherine: he had to spend a couple of days in a decompression chamber.and later went home to nigeria in good shape. >> catherine: still ahead. >> pam: how new video of the crash that killed actor paul walker and his friend, is sheddding light on what happened moments after impact. >> pam: a dump truck came barrelling

>> pam: a dump truck came

barely into a house in cupertino this morning. the crash happened on foothill boulevard between stevens creek boulevard and ross ave. >> pam: in addition to slamming into the garage. the crash brought down power lines. creating a traffic jam on foothill bouldevard. the truck driver suffered minor injuries. no one else was hurt. >> pam: an unwanted animal was left outside in the cold sunday night at contra costa county animal services in martinez. >> pam: this is the pitbull found over the thanksgiving holiday weekend tied to a fence outside the animal shelter the manager of the facility tells kron4 that pets being dumped by their owners. is not uncommon this time of year. >> to times of the year that this happens. for some time during vacations they're not sure what the what to do with their pact. they may now have the means to put them in boarding. another time of course is holidays

for holidays dumping. ".for these animals >> pam: officials at contra costa county animal services say they will put the abandoned pit bull up for adoption.hoping to find this big lovable guy a suitable home >> catherine: family, friends and fans are >> catherine: autopsies were performed today on the bodies of actor paul walker and his friend - both killed in a fiery car crash over the weekend. the who was driving.

>> catherine: also -- new video from a security camera has been released -- shedding some light on the moments after impact. it shows black smoke rising from the crash scene - about 60 seconds after the car hit a light pole and a tree. that suggests that if the two men had been alive - they had a full minute before the fire began. >> catherine: universal studio, meantime - says production on the "fast and furious" movie scheduled >> catherine: to open in july is on hold because of walker's death. >> catherine: a large portion of the movie has been shot -- but it's incomplete. the studio isn't saying when filming will resume. >> catherine: entertainment news here on kron-4. the o-m-g insider will have more coverage of paul walker's death. it starts at 7:00. and is followed by entertainment tonight at 7:30. >> jacqueline: up 2/7 inches of snow through the evening hours. take a look as satellite hours you seize now ongoing in the sierra and here is detailed and of the system moving down to the south. we are seeing

clear skies around the bay area but we have a blast of cold arctic air. so here is the forecast for the tonight cooler skies cooler air coming skies. coming winds frost wide spread of the bay area the freeze already in of that stretching into thursday for almost all of the bay area. highlighted in blue on the screen with the exception of san francisco. widespread fog it will be down right frigid out there tomorrow on will wait until thursday >> jacqueline: as we move

through the morning our an early afternoon not much warming will occur. temperatures in the '40's struggling to get into the low 50s. so here is a look at the number in your neighborhood. 24 napa thirty in plaza 10 and 33 in grant with city. san francisco loth 40 degree reading. into the afternoon temperatures rarely struggle with want upper 40's bay area why it barely reaching the '50s and a number of locations. brick and mortar businesses >> jacqueline: >> jacqueline: this note will be tapering off until tomorrow late morning with frigid conditions all through the sierra patrick look of temperatures less

take a look at the extended forecast a very cold conditions for the next few mornings. we will warm up the sum on friday but rain likely. like rain lasting saturday we want a little bit more but sunday we are very cold fried's likely to be issued. are looking to technology. to help them know their customers, as they walk in customer buying habits. just >> pam: the idea is to attract customers by habits just like amazon and other big online shopping sites already do. kron 4's tech reporter gabe slate met with one local, small business trying out a next.

>> reporter: walking into a store it may recommend treats on their past purchases and offer discounts as well as special deals customize to the user. >> integrated intocako's point of sale. the consumer can come in and be greeted with a poke a message. incentives to try new products the fun part of shopping is discovery spirit so we believe will like to bring that back to the shopper. cako's known for their doughnuts and now they

have doughnut muffins and cookies as well as more. we reward them every time they come back into the store. >> this app allows us to automate some of that process. the personalized experience of what we think they will like based on what they had purchased in the past. >> reporter: gabe slate kron 4 news [woman] you wrapped the...

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>> catherine: a frequent flier was kicked out of the program. why the rabbi is taking up the issue with the supreme court. >> catherine: plus -- holiday travel can

pete >> catherine: we've all heard of frequent flyers. now the supreme court has agreed to hear the case of a man described as a >> catherine: >> catherine: today they heard the case of a minnesota rabbi who was stripped of his top-level platinum elite status on northwest airlines. northwest said he complained too much and had abused his privileges. >> catherine: the rabbi argues he didn't do anything that was out of line. but it sounds like the court >> catherine: won't be offering much help to frequent fliers who want to sue when their miles or memberships are revoked. the justices are indicating they think that ruling for ginsberg could lead to state-by-state rules that the de-regulation law was intended to prevent. >> pam: coming up at 5:30. >> pam: an investigation underway into the train that went off its tracks. what the engineer is accused

of doing moments before the train derailed. a transgendered student speaks out following a school fight. what he says happened after the student tried to get help after he claims he was bullied. bullied. i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the important part is that you're happy now. and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'll never wear. ohh. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for two years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible.

>> catherine: it's beginning to look more and more like the train operator was to blame for sunday's crash of a commuter train in the bronx. certain mechanical problems are now being ruled out. while the new information being released on the operator is troubling. >> catherine: the focus on engineer william rockefeller is intensifying. when asked what happened.why the train was going 82 miles an hour into a curve where the limit was 30 miles an hour.he reportedly told investigators "i don't know. i was in a daze." >> catherine: the train

jumped the tracks along the curve - killing four passengers and injuring dozens. >> catherine: one of the big questions now -- had rockefeller dozed off? a rail union official says the train engineer caught himself nodding off at the controls before the train started to veer off its tracks. >> catherine: the union official saying the engineer had "caught himself -- but he caught himself too late." >> catherine: what we know for sure.testing shows the brakes were ok. interviews with rockefeller continue.he's said to be so upset, the session was cut short monday. meantime.at least one of the already filed a lawsuit. >> catherine: and the family of a one of the 4 people killed is talking about husband and father jim lovell. three passengers remain critically injured - including a man who will probably be paralyzed for life. >> he was a very loving

father and i pull miss him. and i will miss him >> catherine: it could be as long as a year before the investigation officially wraps up. meantime in spain today - a decision was made to ban operators. that follows this crash of a passenger train there last summer. >> catherine: 79 people died in that accident. >> reporter:four san francisco high school students are winners tonight.after their anti- bullying video won first place in the city's contest. >> reporter:the winning video is titles bye bye bully.and if offers bullying. the students attend abraham lincoln high school. participants to think about the effects of bullying on- and offline and how to prevent it. >> reporter:first, second and third place winners were honored at city hall where their videos were shown.winners got gift certificates and signed giants baseballs. this is district attorney generge gascon's second

annual anti-bullying contest. >> reporter:a 16 year old transgender student is speaking out about his ordeal at hercules high school. >> pam: speaking out about being bullied. and about not receiving the proper help. kron 4's j.r. stone spoke to the student and he shares what lead up to the fight. >> reporter: the transgendered student says and he was bullied and try to get help from assistant principal but that woman was on certain as to what steps to take. >> i was speaking up for myself because a lot of students will harass you.

but i still feel on safe and fell like i have to not keep my part my guard down. i have to look and see who who is in front of me and who is behind the bombing. i tried to get help from my vice principal but i guess, i started getting bullied and harassed by people and name calling and i did not know what to do. kind of like, and enough is enough. people can't push your sofar and that enough. >> reporter: the school board says bullying cases in suspension cases are down the district the shows a

district that more needs to be done. j.r. stone kron 4 news spirit >> jacqueline: temperatures were about 15 degrees cooler. snow showers starting to come to when and in the sierra. because of that a freeze on morning is in affect for virtually the entire bay area everywhere but san francisco. very cold morning in store for tomorrow and on thursday.

saturday was the deadline >> reporter:stressed out about traveling this holiday season? if you're traveling through s-f-o, this dog, along with a few others, will lend you a comforting paw -- and maybe a big wet kiss. >> reporter:they're part of the "wag brigade" -- a san francisco s-p-c-a program in partnership with san francisco international airport. it brings trained stress- relief therapy dogs to s-f-o terminals. >> reporter:you can tell they're safe to pet by the vests they wear, which say "pet me!" they aim to please, and make air travel more enjoyable. the wag brigade will walk the terminals with their handlers at s-f-o on a daily

basis. all of the dogs are graduates of the s-p-c-a's animal assisted therapy training program. their handlers, who are also their owners, have passed a 10-year background check and will be with the dogs at all times. >> pam: coming up at 5-45. >> pam: how a california woman is fighting a ticket. after she was cited for driving with. a google glass device on. but first -- >> pam: the holidays is season of giving. how a mystery tipper is bringing big smiles to the bay area. and across the country. >> pam: u-s stocks closed lower again today as investors wait for the november jobs report. >> pam: here are the final numbers. the dow jones industrial average fell 94 points. the s-and-p 500 dipped six points. the nasdaq slipped for a second straight day. >> pam: coming up. a california woman given a ticket for driving with google glass. why she's claiming she did nothing wrong.

>> reporter: at tips for jesus the mystery tipper. one person home or server went home very very happy. i love watching tv outside.

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>> pam: a california woman is fighting a ticket she received for driving while wearing google glass. it's google's computer-in- an-eyeglass device which features a thumbnail-size transparent display above the right eye. >> pam: cecilia abadie was cited in october on charges of speeding and distracted you can see the woman here holding her ticket. the woman's lawyer says she will testify that the glasses were not on while she was driving.but activated when looked up at the officer. >> catherine: detroit is going bankrupt.and now a federal judge has cleared the way for that to happen. the city filed for bankruptcy back in july. it's struggling to get rid of huge amounts of debt. the new court decision opens the door for big cuts in the payments promised to employees, retirees and investors. >> catherine: some workers are already protesting that decision. the judge said today that detroit "could have - and should have filed for bankruptcy long before it did." >> pam: cyber monday lived up to its name. with countless americans hitting

the web, to snap up the best holiday deals. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange, with what was a day for the retail record books. >> pam: did you get online to do some holiday shopping yesterday? if so, you were one of the people that helped sales jump more than 20-percent compared to last year.making it the biggest online shopping day in history. com score says cyber monday sales totaled $2 billion. >> pam: that's more than the number we were expecting going in. a lot of people chose to do their buying on-the-go. with the number of shoppers making purchases on mobile devices rising more than 50%. >> reporter:some of the most popular clothing, and video game consoles. in fact, we learned just today that playstation 4 sales officially topped the 2 million mark. >> reporter:and they've only been on sale in the u-s for 2 weeks! >> reporter:experts say retailers may have learned a big lesson this year: to keep more of their focus on cyber sales. many spent tons of money to staff their stores on thanksgiving and black

friday. but consumers actually spent less in those stores, for the first time since the recession. i'm alison kosik in new york. pushing the stock up 2% in cannot hold that game% but this is a huge market if you are a shareholder of apple. stock is by having a bad year like before. auto sales >> reporter: seems like people are buying cars. >> november looks great but that is because october was bad. pushing 15.7 5 million

per year everyone is a winner here. gm, ford,and more... our economy we have to have the auto working. because the rest of the economy will fall in place. >> jacqueline: and definitely on the chilly side today. but it will get colder temperatures money in the upper 40's floor 50 sprit but we are heavy handed for twenties tonight. had it down to the south still seeing a few lingering snow shoppers. clear skies

here locally so the cold temperatures will lead to a frosty conditions for most of the bay area and freezing conditions for the north bay north and inland valleys. temperatures are struggling to get into the fifties. rain will return to the forecast by friday. throughout much of the bay area san francisco will be the only place not under the freeze on morning. again widespread frost. also subfreezing temperatures. here is a look at futurecast widespread 20's

and 30's. we only have slightly conditions. >> jacqueline: temperatures in the 40's struggling to get into the fifties. first let's look at the morning low temperatures. freezing in concord 28 in santa rosa and in napa 35 for half moon bay. 34 for san jose at not a very pleasant morning it will be quite chilly into the afternoon. 52 and san francisco 40 also in livermore. here is a look

at the weather which is winding down at this hour. >> jacqueline: this now returns as another storm system moves into the area. temperatures around 30 degrees and a number of places. by friday it will want a little bit. through the afternoon selling during chance into saturday. again in the '20s and '30s and one slightly into sunday.

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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: now at 6. >> pam: you will need a couple extra layers of clothing when you go outside here in the bay area. >> pam: this video is from the north bay -- where cloud cover and low temperatures were the story of the day. the bay area is expected to get its first frost of the season tonight. >> pam: and a freeze watch has been upgraded to a freeze warning for the evening. kron-4's chief meteorologist jacqueline bennett is live in the weather center. jacqueline -- how cold is it going to get? >> jacqueline: it is going to get freezing, literally. right now we are in the 40's and low 50s but that is a far cry from what we will see overnight. the system that swept through today is at the tel and it on to the south of monterey. it is what brought us the really

cold air. clear skies setting up over the bay area and a blast of cold air and with clear skies and a calmer wind. with frigid conditions. at the frozen mark in several hours with the next couple of mornings. thursday and the effect of virtually the entire area except for san francisco. >> pam: the search for a missing bay area pilot and four family members in central utah. hasfor the night and will >> pam: this is a picture of san jose pilot dale smith. atcontrols of his single-

engine beechcraft, which lost radar and controller >> pam: smith was last reported heading for a remote airstrip near johnson creek, idaho, with two of his children and their significant others. this morning, a search aircraft picked up a weak emergency locator south of the air stripthe airstrip, near yellow pine. smith's business partner says, he is an experienced pilot and knows the back- country extremely >> until it is a man of many experiences and talent so i believe he is the right person to get out of a tough situation like this.

>> pam: dale smith is the c.e.o at the software start- up called. serial tek. >> pam: his business partner says, he had departed san jose on a family vacation and was heading for baker city, oregon, and then on to butte, montana. the search is expected to continue tomorrow, weather permitting. >> pam: pleasanton police are out looking for a missing 13- year-old girl. ana elizarraras disappeared on sunday. she is described as 5-foot- 5. and 130 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. >> pam: she was last seen wearing black yoga pants or leggings. and a blue/ green sweatshirt with the word "diamond" on the front. >> pam: although ana left her home on her own, police consider her to be "at-risk" because she is only 13. >>"there was no argument with the family. her parents woke up on sunday morning and saw that she was gone. and it's been over two days now and she still has not reached out to any family members, friends, through phone calls or social media or anything. so this case has gotten our attention."

>> pam: police say, ana was last seen with three teenage boys or men in a newer- model, dark brown four- door car. this was around four- in the afternoon on sunday, near vineyard avenue and first street in pleasanton. >> pam: as we first reported last night on kron-4 news at 11. the simon weisenthal center has issued a warning to san francisco state university. about a potential threat to jewish students on campus. >> pam: a violent on line post has been uncovered -- allegedly written by the president of the campus palestinian student group. a picture in the post shows the young man holding a knife. and claiming that. it makes him want to stab an israeli soldier.

>> pam: today, the school says, it has performed a threat assessment procedure. and released a statement regarding the alleged threat. >> pam: the statement says. -- quote -- we are confident that our campus community is safe. we will continue to explore all aspects of the incident and take additional actions that may be warranted. we will withhold any further comment until that exploration is complete. >> pam: an unwanted animal was left outside in the cold sunday night. at an east bay animal shelter. it is an act which people who work with animals call - holiday dumping. the manager of the facility tells kron 4's haaziq madyun. pets being abandoned by their owners. sadly, is not uncommon this time of year >>"this dog was found tied up at our shelter out in front and it is unfortunately all too common" >> reporter:cindy smith manages the volunteer program here at contra costa county animal services in martinezshe told me that she found this pitbull outside

the shelter after someone abandoned the dog over the thanksgiving holiday weekend >>"we call it holiday dumping which is a collective term forone option is to bring the animal to the shelter" >> reporter:however she says the safest time to do that for the animals is when the shelter is opennot overnight when the temperature tends to drop considerably >>"not as cold as it is back eastwe're expecting it to freeze overnight so" >>"we don't know, when they are left like this we don't know the circumstances it could be that someone has lost their homes" >> reporter:as for what is going to happen to this big lovable guy?

>>"find him a suitable home" >> reporter:in martinez haaziq madyun kron4news >> pam: it was a month and a -half- ago, when a second bart strike came to an end. as the unions and management reached a tentative contract agreement. but labor peace was shortlived. because bart now says, a previously approved provision was added to the final contract by mistake. >> pam: action. and as kron 4's dan kerman tells us. today they followed through with that threat. >> reporter:when the bart district board of directors removed a paid family leave provision before approving a tentative contract agreement , did it violate its duty to

bargain in good faith. unions say barts action cannot stand so on tuesday they filed a lawsuit against bart and its directors for failing to approve and implement the contract as a whole. >> reporter:the bart district maintains that paid family leave provision should never have been in the contract in the first place and was a mistake but unions say given the facts that argument will not hold up in court. unions also discussed the possibility of going back on strike >> a mistake was clearly made and should not have been a part of the tentative agreement. >> are claiming that it is a mistake on their part and that could not be. there were a mistake it was committed by a whole number of their agents for a number of months which does not make sense.

>> we have not scheduled a strike or planned for a strike but we are not ruling out any options at this point. >> reporter: stay with kron-4. as we continue to cover the story of bart's contract issues. to get the latest, log on to our website -- kron 4 dot com. or you can always check our facebook and twitter pages. if you're on the go, we also have the latest on our mobile app -- which you can download from the app store or google play.

>> catherine: autopsies were performed today on the bodies of actor paul walker and his friend - both killed in a fiery car crash over the weekend. the findings will help confirm who was driving. de >> catherine: also -- new video from a security camera has been released -- shedding some light on the moments after impact. >> catherine: it shows black smoke rising from the crash scene - about 60 seconds after the car hit a light pole and a tree. that suggests that if the two men had been alive - they had a full minute before the fire began.

>> catherine: universal studio, meantime - says production on the "fast and furious" movie scheduled to open in july is on hold because of walker's death. a large portion of the movie has been shot -- but it's incomplete. the studio isn't saying when filming will resume. >> catherine: and remember -- you can catch all your entertainment news here on kron-4. the o-m-g insider starts at entertainment tonight at 7:30.

>> catherine: during his sentencing castro says he was addictive to sex and pornography. >> pam: after major overhaul, healthcare dot gov is back up. according to the obama administration. the website is better than ever and the affordable care act is working. as shannon travis reports, the president is trying to spread the word. >> reporter: criticism from republicans on obamacare and chronic problems to the website, president obama is set to go on offense.: president obama will spend the next three weeks making sure you know about the benefits of the affordable care act, and making sure americans know the website is up and running. >>"this law is working, and will work in the future. people want the stability of health insurance and we're

gonna work on fixing whatever problems come up. >> reporter:saturday was the deadline for fixing healthcare-dot-gov. after its disastrous roll-out in october. among those fixes: a waiting room for high- traffic periods, where users have the option to be emailed to return when traffic has eased. some >> reporter:healthcare-dot- gov says more than a million people visited the website monday, with no major problems. >>"we won't be satisfied until every person who wants insurance in this country has the opportunity to purchase that. be it through the internet, through an individual, or through an insurance company, to get that access. " >> reporter:meanwhile, a health insurance industry trade group say the "back- end" of health care dot gov continues to have glitches. like sending wrong or missing information for those who have signed up on the website. >> reporter: republicans

continue their push to dismantle what they call a broken law. >>"the president's health care law continues to wreak havoc on american families, small businesses and our economy and it's not just a broken website. this bill is fundamentally flawed." >> reporter:in washington, i'm shannon travis reporting. >> pam: the administration's goal is to get 7-million people signed up by the end of march. in october just over 100-thousand people signed up via the web site. >> pam: >> jacqueline: clear skies and calm winds with cold air in place we are our recent frigid conditions for the next couple of days. the afternoon struggling to get out of the 40 spirit freezing morning already in store for tomorrow. for all of the bay area with the exception of san francisco

for thursday. >> jacqueline: the reason for that we will see a little wind in san francisco which helps keep the temperatures up over night. everywhere else will be dropping in the 20's and '30's. 33 in fremont and also in redwood city but check out no. they would 28 in santa rosa and napa. 32 in san rafael. san francisco 41 because of demand. the wind, kept a

little warmer >> jacqueline: very cold temperatures again in the upper 20's and low '30's patrick the storm coming through late friday into saturday. it will be warmer for the overnight temperatures.

>> pam: honorary chair 49er open long with his wife the honorary chairs for the christmas tree lighting this is the annual christmas tree lighting we showed you that live and a number of 49ers are on hand all if there to like the tallest tree for the christmas holiday season. and number of santa else with their hats on all in celebration with a huge crowd.

>>happy holidays to each and everyone one you! 49r's cheerleaders! wu will you all help us count down to light this beautiful tree! 10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2..1!

whew! (cheers & applause) >> pam: while wow@! that is pree pretty beautiful. >> pam: we will take a quick break and be back with more accurate i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no.

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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> reporter: air and oakland bart union has filed a lawsuit stating the directors and staff at the bart district removed the

family leave cost which bay state mistakenly was in placed in the contract to the contract. bart district state it is delaying any type of resolution and they would like to sit down and talk with bart muni and pri party insist they are willing to talk but is so far both sides are speaking but the media and not each other. no plans to strike but will keep all options open in oakland then carmen kron 4 news dan keran >> reporter:-from radar and idaho. business partner says he is an excellent partner and pilot and remains confident the locator signal

was picked up by one of the search aircraft on tuesday morning before it was called off scheduled to resume on wednesday it weather permitting. robert fladeboe kron 4 news. >> reporter: they were working to put forth a community based task force. examining the shooting of lopez try to work on community relations and the relationship between law enforcement and resident as well as government official has been a bit frayed since the shooting off all passed. shooting of lopez. >> reporter: the linters your at the animal services state that holiday dumping

of on wanted pets is a big problem this type of this time of year. >> people find it very stressful for the holidays and winter months and also during the summertime which is vacation time. >> reporter: here in san francisco a rescue 8 restaurant gore left a huge tent. tip. so far no one knows who this generous soul is. >> jacqueline: went is dying

down freezing temperatures already shooting for virtually the entire area with san francisco as an exception. >> jacqueline: here is a look at the temperature out the door tomorrow morning certainly frigid up in livermore 29 degrees and napa 29. half moon bay 13. 31 in san francisco 41 in san francisco. >> jacqueline: increasing cloud coverage which will be slightly warmer and winning with laundering and to the early saturday with a very cold morning in store for sunday morning. >> pam: kron4 stanley

roberts shoal people breaking with breaking the law one using their lot to shows us people breaking the rules. t's part one in this special series of >> reporter: being totally confused some drive the wrong way and some roll through not letting some silly lane >> reporter:you see drivers have been ignoring these no u-turn signs for as long as they ave been here how long as that thing been there the no u-turn sign yea for ever really yessss >> reporter:the issue is no one likes being stuck in traffic but on highway 37 being stuck is the norm unless you ignore all the signs advising you which direction to take because you know a shortcut >> reporter:and the shortcut is making a u-turn in front of sonoma raceway often driving on to the parking lot to make it pseudo legal >>it"s gotten real bad we had cars bump in to each other we had cars pull out in fron of somebody else you have to slam on your brakes

so that an unsafe condition so sonoma raceway placed a wall to prevent the u turns the placement of the wall funnels drivers to the gate >> reporter: right now drivers are getting notices apoligizing for the inconvience but these are steps to prevent serious crashes and that drivers should contact federal state and local representatives to solve the congestion on highway 37 in the future drivers will be required to sign a waiver to enter the raceway but that doesn't end the confusion as drivers try to figure out want to do, the fact that the chp is there observing has drivers acting like they meant to pull in here making phone calls or just drive in circles, how often do you do this and don't tell me it's your first time, no it not my first time >> reporter:in the next edition we talk to more of the drivers that were caught behind the wall more of this diver

how many times you make that turn homie shhhhhh hella a time bro in sonoma stanley roberts kron 4 news >> pam: after kron4's stanley robert visit to the sonoma raceway yesterday c-h-p saw a huge drop of people behaving badly and performing illegal u-turns. stanley roberts will have more on this story second part of the series special. >> what we see today is an obvious decrease. >> pam: still to come. george clooney is known for dating some very beuatiful women. find out who the actor says is his great love. >> reporter: of the highest tech toys this year is also of a new fat emerging from the video game world.

that is when they're taking real world and blending them with the virtual video game world. cape slate kron 4 news

>> pam: in australia, a sea eagle added new meaning to the phrase "bird's eye view" when it took off with a camera. >> pam: the camera had been placed by park and wildlife rangers near a river to capture pictures of fresh- water crocodiles. the bird flew some 68 miles before setting the camera down! >> pam: you can see it appearing to pose for a selfie as it pecks at the camera. the theft happened back in may, but workers recently

found the camera -- which recorded the entire incident! >> pam: top baby names have been listed this year sofia, isabella and mia most people have inspired their baby named spirit jackson and a then followed by lee m. lucas and noah that moss off the top five. rounds off the top five. >> pam: you will not want to miss sports like the train his radio partner at brand new show on kron with thick

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>> pam: reports from norad say santa is getting a little extra security this year as he makes his rounds on christmas eve.

>> pam: two fighter jets. >> pam: the north american aerospace command added the twist to this year's animated tracking of santa's reindeer from the north pole. >> pam: child advocates aren't so pleased with the new addition -- syaing military jets have no place in this. a spokesperson for norad says adding the jets fives the proram a -- quote -- more operational feel. >> pam: hollywood's most famous bachleor -- george clooney -- is known for dating some very beautiful women. stacy keibler. kelly preston. and renee zellweger. >>but he tells 'w' magazine he still hasn't found his soulmate. during the interview, clooney was asked "who is or was the greatest love of your life?" his answer -- quote -- i haven't met her yet. you can check out the full interview in 'w' magazine's art issue -- which is out on newsstands now. and remember -- you can catch all your entertainment news right here on kron-4.

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(male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich from the jack in the box sports desk. >> reporter:welcome back everyone. >> reporter:the niners are an early 2 1/2 point favorite to beat seattle sunday at the stick somewhat of a surprise given how bad the seahawks beat up on drew brees and the saints last night in seattle.34-7 the final >> reporter:somewhat of a surprise given how bad the seahawks beat up on drew

brees and the saints last night in seattle.34-7 was the final >> reporter:and the saints are pretty good9-2 coming in but seattle is just unstoppable at homenow 14-0 under russell wilson since last year. the 49ers know all about seattle's home dominance - getting trounced up there the last two times they've played. but this time the niners at nomeand harbaugh was asked if they are looking for revenge >> all of these games come down to that. >> reporter:if you watched the seattle game last night, you saw how good russell wilson was. so our question of the day >> reporter: go to our facebook page to wait and. weigh in... we will read some of your comment live on

the air. >> reporter: this is on to beat a great interview with stephen curry you will not want to miss it. >> reporter:steelers coach mike tomlin knows he messed up. >> reporter:as we reported yesterday he could be facing a fine in excess of a hundred thousand dollars for stepping out on the field at the wrong time thanksgiving night. >> reporter:tomlin incident thursday >> reporter:steelers coach mike tomlin may be facing a six-figure fine after he stepped on the field thanksgiving night impeding the ravens jacoby jones on a kickoff return >> a lot of things are embarrassing and inexcusable, in legal and they blunder. amongst any thing that i used to describe it.

>> reporter:on the replay it looked like tomlin may have inadvertently wandered out too far and jones likely would have been tackled on the play anyway >> reporter:none-the-less the incident was reviewed by the league tomlin insisted after the game that it was not done on purpose >> reporter:todayhowever he came clean >> reporter: tomlin still stopped short of admitting he intended to interfere with the play >> reporter:a picture may be worth a thousand words.but it isn't worth your job. >> reporter:two security guards who worked the texans game at reliant stadium in houston were fired today for taking photos with patriots quarterback tom brady. >> reporter:security guards fired for brady photo >> reporter:two security guards who worked texans games at houston's reliant stadium were fired today for taking photos with patriots quarterback tom brady after last sunday's game >> reporter:the security

guards christopher moore and joel williams had photos snapped of them with brady violating players while on duty >> reporter:in a statement the security company. contemprary services corporation stood by the decision to fire the security guard. >> reporter:barring injury peyton manning is a lock to be named the nfl's most valuable player for a record fifth time. >> reporter: good guy too. >> reporter:manning took the time to respond to a wedding invitation from complete strangers. >> reporter:peyton manning responds to wedding invitation >> reporter:check this out broncos quarterback and this season's nfl mvp frontrunner peyton manning actually responded to this wedding inviation mailed from complete strangers who invited the future hall of famer on a whim

>> reporter:unfortunately for the couple manning "regtrettfully declined" to attend the nuptuals but he did leave his autograpgh with the message "best wishes" and his number 18 hand written on the invitation >> reporter: gregg gerson was 73 and will leave since last year batters' only hit 203 he is the set up die if presumably for their new guide jim johnson hitting 253 with eight home runs. he was expendable. billy bean the baseball america executives of the year for the second time. he is has now been named executive of the year four times. sharks won their sixth in a row

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"omg! insider" the top trending stories you need to know. >> thank you for coming down here and showing the angel in heaven how much you appreciate him. >> paul walker's co star vin diesel paying tribute at his memorial. >> as the family awaits the autopsy results. >> absolutely broken hearted right now. >> plus one of paul's last interviews about the teenage daughter he left behind. >> i wasn't married. kind of out of my step. i'm still finding my step. >> then, was this porsche simply too dangerous. >> a wreck in the same model car. experts weigh in. >> as hollywood speaks out about a need for speed. >> plus we count down yahoo's stop searches of 2013.

♪ like a wrecking ball >> who will be number one? now where yahoo and broadcast meets, "omg! insider." >> hello everyone. >> we have yahoo's 2013 year in review. >> miley cyrus, kim and kanye. "duck dynasty." we are counting down the stories and stars of the year. first the latest on the death of paul walker. last night his costar vin diesel visited memorial at the crash scene. and paid tribute to his fallen friend. >> i just wanted to say to all of you if my brother were here right now if he could see for himself that all of you have showed up to show my brother love in this hard time and all of the love that you have shown for paul, it will stay with me